First, let me quickly update those of you who are regular readers. You may remember my Preparing For Battle post where I talked about… well, preparing for the big battle I was about to face. I was sick with stress and worry about it; it was honestly one of THE hardest things I have ever had to do.

But guess what? I WON!!! I’m afraid I still can’t give many details about the nature of the fight, but this is a huge, wonderful victory for me and will help make my life a little bit easier. So thank you VERY much to each and every one of you who said a prayer for me, lit a candle, sent Reiki or good thoughts… they all melded together and produced one hell of a win for me!

Now, with that’s said, let me tell you about my calendars!

Sarah Allegra 2016 Calendar

These guys are always a favorite; they’re probably my single best-selling item. And with good reason! Red Bubble packs a ton of quality into these babies with thick paper, almost like a heavy cardstock or watercolor paper. The pages have a subtle sheen without being shiny. The daily squares are big enough to make notes in. I still have calendars (both my own and from other artists) from years ago which hold up beautifully, even after years of flipping through them to see the lovely pictures!

Sarah Allegra 2016 Calendar

This also brings something else up: getting this calendar is like buying 12 small prints of my work! Each year’s images are different, making each year a unique and collectible item. And if you want to keep the calendar after the year is over, like I do, to enjoy the images whenever you want to pull it out? That’s fine! Red Bubble does a great job at printing the images and making them look the way I want them too; this is a solid buy! You’ll get images which span across my series, from my DreamWorld, Enchanted Sleep, Eternal Storms to self portraits, which feature Katie Johnson, Dedeker Winston, Travis Weinand, Noemi Regalado as well as the beloved author of The Last Unicorn, Peter S. Beagle!

Also, while I was uploading a diptych of Travis for one month of the calendar, I noticed that it made a really awesome pattern for Red Bubble’s leggings. So get your Travis-printed leggings now! 😀

Travis Leggings

All of us independent artists and craftmakers REALLY appreciate your purchases, whether it’s for Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, regular holiday shopping, something for yourself, or any other reason you might have! Please keep shopping small in mind during this holiday season!

I’m sure you’ve noticed how often I incorporate animals, both pets and wild animals, into my photography. I do it because I love animals and because their presence in my work gives an extra sense of depth and wonder to my images.

A surprising and unexpected offshoot of that has been that people started asking me to photograph their pets. They want to immortalize their furbabies with the same sense of beauty and grandeur I infuse into my fine art photography. They wanted me to capture their animals like I capture my pets. It wasn’t something I thought of on my own, but my audience asked for it… and I have really enjoyed it, so I want to extend this idea to everyone!

Having pet parents entrust me with capturing their animal’s own natural beauty is an opportunity I take seriously and treasure. As someone with two cats and a dog of her own, who are all like my children, I know how deep the animal-human bond can be.

I’m happy to announce that I am holding a Spring Special on my pet portrait services! This special will give you a discount on my usual rate starting at $2500, now starting at only $2000! This investment gives you completely unique, original art of your furbaby and two museum-quality prints which will last a lifetime and more.

Would you like a portrait of your darling? Or do you want to see your baby featured in my DreamWorld series or another collection? I’m more than happy to discuss details and concepts (and I offer reduced pricing for animals included in a series)!

My work has been accepted intoA Gallery! A Gallery is a fantastic online gallery who represents some truly stellar other artists in whose company I am proud to be. You might know of Christy Lee Rogers or Tyler Shields, who are both extraordinary and whose work I knew before I was to be shown alongside them. One of the most giddy, fan-girl moments though was discovery A Gallery also represents Chris Parks whose work you will know if you’ve seen one of my very favorite movies ever; The Fountain. That magical, swirly, organic background used in so many shots (especially in clouds of stars and gas in space) are his creation.

Chris Park’s dreamy, swirly, organic creations in The Fountain

Chris Park’s dreamy, swirly, organic creations in The Fountain

*Squealing, fan-girl hopping*

Ahem. I am VERY happy to have found such a wonderful home for my art! I’m thrilled to be working with A Gallery’s owner, Fraser Scott; it’s going to be a really great, long-lasting relationship for everyone involved! I can’t wait to see what this brings!! This feels like a really big accomplishment to have checked off my life’s to-do list… and yes, there was champagne when I checked it off 🙂

When you purchase a print, you will receive one of my gorgeous, luscious, limited-edition, signed and numbered museum-quality prints, printed on the thickest, most delicious fine art paper. I am going to be printing all my images on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Pearl Paper. It’s almost like a watercolor paper and it picks up every tiny detail for your viewing pleasure! As a wonderful bonus, the paper itself is ever-so-slightly shimmery, which truly adds a whole other depth to the images and enhances their magical, mythical feel. It’s been a long time searching for exactly the right paper which would give me the lifetime of quality I want along with the subtle, fae-like touch of pearl, and this paper is it. You really have to see it to understand how gorgeous it is

I have sung the praises of my printers, POV Evolving, before and I’ll say it once more. They are not close to me. Their location is somewhere between a hassle and a nightmare to get to, I can never go without getting a little lost coming or going, and it’s a big mental and physical drain to make the trip down. I don’t care. Their work is so fantastic, I do not care where they are, how long it takes, how snarly the traffic is; it’s completely worth it! Lauren, who does my printing, is also a truly lovely person who makes the trip extra worthwhile by being so pleasant when you get there. Pleasantness aside, POV just does astonishing work which will last a lifetime and more. I have been told by clients who have my work hung in their homes, that when people come over and see my prints for the first time, there are often gasps. I feel immodest saying that, but that really is the level of beauty you’ll be getting!

It feels truly wonderful to have found a home gallery run by such a great person who has a commitment to my work, an emphasis on working ethically with everyone, and being in the company of such immensely talented other artists!

I’ve scattered some of Fraser’s image choices through this post, but please take a look at which images he has selected for his prestigious gallery! And if something strikes your fancy, feel free to purchase a print for yourself or a loved one! 🙂

On February 10th, the Institute of Medicine released the findings of a report it had been working on for approximately a year and spent over a million dollars on. Their task: come up with new diagnostic guidelines for patients with myalgic encephalomyalitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and decide on a new, single name to replace both ME and CFS, which are generally used interchangeably for the same disease.* Considering that ME/CFS gets only a pitiful three million dollars in government funding per year (which may sound like a lot, but consider that male pattern baldness, which is not life-threatening, gets $16 million, and you realize how very, very little that is), this is a cost we cannot afford.

The IOM’s findings are so upsetting to me, I can hardly organize my thoughts into rational sentences. But while I may want to sob and punch a hole through the wall (which, let’s face it, I’m probably not strong enough to do anymore), I need to speak up about these incredibly vital points and I need to do so in a way that other people won’t dismiss me as merely a “hysterical woman.”

I’m going to be generous here for a minute; here are the few good things gleaned from the IOM’s 304-page report.

They recommend retiring the trivializing name “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.” I fully agree with that. I could not agree with that more.

They admit that far more research needs to be done to understand ME/CFS.

They admit that ME/CFS is a real and physical disease.

They recommend that the Department of Health and Human Services should develop new, more accurate ways of diagnosing ME/CFS.

For about half a second, I was happy when I heard the IOM recommended changing the name of “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome” to what they’ve proposed: “Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease.” Mostly I was happy because I saw the word “disease” instead of “syndrome.” And I will, begrudgingly, admit that their SEID is ever-so-slightly better than CFS. If CFS is a kick in the balls, SEID is a kidney punch. Neither is good, but I suppose if i were given the choice between the two (and I were male) I might choose the kidney punch.

The IOM complained that the name “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome” is demeaning and only focuses on one symptom. Those are both true. They also decided that “myalgic encephalomyalitis” was unsuitable because it also only focused on one symptom. That is not true. “Myalgic encephalomyalitis” literally means “muscle pain and inflammation of the brain.” You have two symptoms being named, both of which are hallmarks of the disease and which have tons and tons of scientific proof backing them up, as well as patients’ own experiences aligning with them. Additionally, more documentation can be found in the UK documentary Voices From The Shadows where multiple autopsies of patients who died from ME/CFS all showed inflammation in the same area of their brains. Despite mountains of evidence to the contrary, the IOM decided that while nearly every person diagnosed with ME/CFS complains of chronic pain, that was not a general symptom for ME/CFS patients, and thus should be excluded from the name.

I know a lot of people with ME/CFS. We are a close community as this disease ravages us in ways only other sufferers can truly understand. We form deep online friendships since we are so often unable to interact with people in meaningful ways in the real world. We rely on each other for advice about treatments and medications, as we almost always know more about our disease than our doctors do. None of my doctors had ever even heard the name “myalgic encephalomyelitis” until I said it to them. We are our own biggest support system. And I do not know a single person with ME/CFS who does not experience chronic pain. Personally, I have not had a pain-free day in over seven years. To have healthy outsiders negate the 2,555+ days of pain I’ve experienced and say it’s not an important symptom is beyond a slap in the face.

But even those slights aside, “Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease” fails their own test by simply naming only one of our other common symptoms; exertion intolerance.

Exertion intolerance is a very real thing for ME/CFS people. And it doesn’t have to be physical exertion; mental or emotional exertions can leave us just as sick for days, or weeks, sometimes months… or forever, as physical ones. For years and years, doctors have been advising us to exercise our disease away. And for many illnesses, exercise does help. But with ME/CFS, exercise can be absolutely deadly. Push yourself too hard and you can make yourself house-bound or bed-bound… sometimes for the rest of your life.

We walk a knife’s edge every day, trying to judge what we can and cannot do. It’s generally considered a fairly good idea within the ME/CFS community to try and remain as active as you can without overdoing it and making yourself worse. It’s like playing a very stupid game of blackjack with your energy each day. You don’t want to lose any ability to be active that you do have, but even hitting 21.01 could mean a week of being stuck in bed. It’s a serious and deadly game we are forced to play every single day.

So yes, exertion intolerance is a very real and dire threat, but even given that, we’re still left with a name which merely cites one of our symptoms again. And as I said, SEID is ever-so-slightly better than CFS simply because of trading out the word “symptom” with “disease.” Laymen hear “syndrome” and it doesn’t sound serious; replace it with “disease” and their view shifts. I have serious doubts that busy doctors, who have no time to read a 304-page document, will hear anything but “exercise avoidance” in place of “exertion intolerance.” After all, exercise is a cure-all! There’s nothing it doesn’t help! That’s the mantra they’ve been taught again and again and it will take very dramatic events to undo those decades of conditioning.

Almost every ME/CFS sufferer I know has had at least one doctor who refused to believe there was anything physically wrong with them. I had one of those too. Mine decided I was simply depressed and anxious. In a way, she was right; I was getting very depressed because I felt terrible every single day and nothing was helping it, and I was becoming increasingly anxious about my appointments with her because I was sensing she didn’t believe me. I have experienced clinical depression. There was one solid month in a very dark period of my life where I had to rationalize not killing myself every single day. I know what depression looks and feels like. It is a completely different beast than ME/CFS.

It’s like saying sharks and bears are the same threat. Well, no, one lives in the water and generally attacks you if he mistakes you for a seal; the other lives in the woods and might attack you if she thinks you’re a threat to her cubs… You get the picture. Both can kill you, but trying to issue a blanket statement that they are both the same threat, coming from the same place, using the same methods to avoid them would be absurd.

ME/CFS is not “just” depression. I put “just” in quotes because I know how serious depression can be and I never want to be dismissive of it. It kills too. But they are completely separate entities. There is a tendency for people who have ME/CFS to become depressed because they have ME/CFS, but that does not mean they are one and the same. Almost anyone with a chronic, incurable illness is going to get depressed. You never hear people accusing cancer patients that the cancer is all in their heads; they’re just depressed and if they went for a nice jog, everything would be fine!

And lest you think I am fear-mongering and making ME/CFS out to be more than it is, let me remind you of a quote by Dr. Nancy G. Klimas, who specializes in treating both HIV/AIDS patients along with ME/CFS patients. In 2009, she was quoted with the following: “…But I hope you are not saying that C.F.S patients are not as ill as H.I.V. patients. My H.I.V. patients for the most part are hale and hearty thanks to three decades of intense and excellent research and billions of dollars invested. Many of my C.F.S patients, on the other hand, are terribly ill and unable to work or participate in the care of their families. I split my clinical time between the two illnesses, and I can tell you if I had to choose between the two illnesses (in 2009) I would rather have H.I.V. But C.F.S., which impacts a million people in the United States alone, has had a small fraction of the research dollars directed towards it.”

The overwhelming majority of ME/CFS patients would have liked to have had our name officially changed to “myalgic encephalomyelitis.” We made our preferences known loudly during the entire time the IOM worked. ME is, after all, what most of the modern world calls it. It was only because of one insidious man that the United States switched to “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.” And why was such a name invented? To create a legal loophole where insurance companies would be able to deny sufferers coverage. The schism between the United State’s naming of the disease and the rest of the world began with greed from insurance companies. These are your US tax dollars at work.

That brings up another salient point… who are these people chosen by the IOM for this heavy and delicate task, ripe with repercussions which will ripple through the decades? They are 15 people, only seven of whom specialize in ME/CFS in any way. Some are not even doctors. How is this at all ok? How was it allowed that a group of people who don’t have anything to do with the disease at hand would be asked to redefine it?

Let’s give them the benefit of doubt for a moment and assume they’ll really try and do a good job. Who knows. What did they come up with? They decided that to be diagnosed with ME/CFS, you need only three of the following core symptoms:

A substantial reduction or impairment in the ability to engage in pre-illness levels of activities that persists for more than six months and is accompanied by fatigue – which is often profound – of new or definite onset, not the result of ongoing excessive exertion and not substantially alleviated by rest.

The worsening of patients’ symptoms after any type of exertion – such as physical, cognitive, or emotional stress – known as post-exertional malaise.

Unrefreshing sleep.

And at least one of the two symptoms is also required:

Cognitive impairment.

The inability to remain upright with symptoms that improve when lying down – known as orthostatic intolerance.

Do you know how many diseases and conditions fall under this umbrella? It’s so broad, it’s utterly useless. You wouldn’t even need to have a physical ailment to qualify for ME/CFS. This is a big deal. If this new standard is adopted, this is the criteria that will be used to find patients to test new drugs and treatments. Can you imagine how murky and confusing the results will be if your patients could potentially have almost any disease? Answers will never be found under these guidelines.

As people online have pointed out, SEID backwards spells DIES. And it’s hard to feel like that isn’t exactly what the IOM, HHS and CDC want us to do. We are an embarrassment to them because they don’t know what our disease is, what causes it or how to fix it… and, of course, a great deal of that confusion was created intentionally; a fact they’re desperate for us to forget. They would rather sweep us under the rug, ignore us, talk over us. And sadly, that is very easy for them to do. With so many patients house- and bed-bound, it’s extremely difficult to show our numbers, organize protests, or object to our treatment in any meaningful ways.

But this is what they haven’t counted on.

When you are backed into a corner by illness, you can either crumple under it or develop a steel core in the deepest part of your soul to bear it. Some days you may flip back and forth between the two, but ultimately, your will strengthens. The stakes are personal to us and they are very high. Though it might take the help of our caretakers or cost us a week of energy or send us back to bed for months, we will not be silenced again. Shifty, snakey policy-makers may have the energy and money we don’t, but they do not have this core to draw on.

Are you pissed off? Good. We need you to be pissed off. We need a public outcry so loud that it simply can’t be ignored. And we need the healthy, compassionate people of the world to join us in demanding change.

Here are some things you can do:

Pass around the image above, Silenced, on your social media platforms. Linking to this post would be helpful! I am giving you permission to use the Silenced image to help get our message across! Put it on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest… wherever you hangout online! The more people who see it and become aware of the problem, the better!

Tweet to @TheIOM, @HHSgov and @CDCgov letting them know your displeasure in the proposed name change. We DO have the power to stop this from becoming our reality! Please use the hashtag #MENotSEID. Not sure what to say? Here are a couple examples you are free to use!

*When you dig into it, no, ME and CFS are not describing the same disease, mainly because the current US diagnostic guidelines for CFS are so sloppy and wide-open. Further information on the subject can be found here, along with countless other places online. Since there is a lot to talk about in this post as is, for brevity’s sake, I’m using the term people are most familiar with, ME/CFS, though the definition I have in mind is the CCC and ICC definition of ME.

**Fibromyalgia is, for the most part, also used interchangeably with ME/CFS in the US. This is not entirely accurate, much like ME and CFS are not really the same thing, but for the sake this post, when I talk about ME or CFS, I am also talking about fibro.

Let me tell you a little bit about my prints. They are made at an extremely high-quality printer in downtown Los Angeles. My printer is not at all easy to get to; there is always traffic and I manage to get lost and the entire experience of getting there is terrible, but I wouldn’t change printers for the world. Even if I moved out of state, I’d keep using them and have them ship me my prints. The incredible quality of the prints they deliver is just that high.

Each and every image is carefully calibrated to reveal even the tiniest details. They somehow manage to keep the highlights high and the lowlights low without a single pixel’s worth of detail loss. The colors are an exact match for how I intend the images to look. These are NOT easy things! I have been through many printers before I found POV Evolving. And a special shout-out and thank you to Lauren, who always handles my orders! She is a delightful person and makes sure each and every image created is perfect.

In addition to all that, they only use archival inks and paper, making prints that are museum-quality and which will last for a lifetime! The paper they use is this thick, luscious paper, almost like watercolor paper; nothing cheap or flimsy. Every single time I have an image printed, I’m impressed with how amazing it looks, even though I’ve been seeing how great they look for several years!

Each and every print will come signed and numbered along the white border. If you’d like a short, special message included, I’m happy to add that for you, free of charge!

One more word about my prints; the quality of them was high enough that Peter S. Beagle himself took them along legs of his The Last Unicorn screening tour.

Five of my prints along the left side of this photo (photo not taken by me)

This was extra special because not only was Peter S. Beagle, one of the biggest sources of inspiration to me and one of my two favorite authors (the other being Robin McKinley) had this adorable moment with Game Of Thrones author George RR Martin right in front of my prints:

Peter S. Beagle and George RR Martin with plushies, in front of my prints!

I’d like to say quickly that the above photo went a bit viral and I have been credited as the photographer, but I did not take this photo. I wasn’t even in the same state as they were at the time! I tweeted about the photo since it’s adorable and also in front of my prints, and then it really took off, but I did not snap the image, and though I have tried to correct news sources, they continue listing me as the photographer. So, I’m sorry to whoever did take this photo; I have tried to set the record straight!

If there is a certain image you’d like a print of, or you see an image you like but want it in a different size, just let me know! Some of my images are under contract and I am unable to sell prints of them for that reason, but the majority of the time, I will be able to accommodate you very easily!

Does anyone recognize what movie this blog’s title is from? A+ to you if you do!

You guys all know about the cross-country screening tour that Peter S. Beagle, his publisher Connor Cochran and a beautifully new, restored version of the 1982 animated classic The Last Unicorn have been on, right? Where you can see the film huge, in movie theater, which, if you’re like me, you’d previously never had the chance to do before. And it’s not merely a screening of the movie, although that would be wonderful enough. The whole evening is an event, with Q&A sessions with Peter, prizes, costume contests, and Peter stays for hours and hours after each show to sign books and take photos with every single person who would like to do so. You may remember that I was at their screening in Long Beach last August, when Connor introduced me and my work to Peter’s fans. I also had the chance, while they were in town, to “borrow” Peter for a couple hours and turn him into DreamWorld’s King; an incredible honor, and something that I will remember for the entire rest of my life.

Aerie: Peter as the DreamWorld King – one of the five pieces on display at the Modern Fantasy Summit.

And you guys also remember how I’m now contracted with Connor’s publishing company, Conlan Press, right? There’s a ton of stuff in the works with them that I don’t want to talk about quite yet, except to say that it will be very exciting 🙂 What is very safe to say for now is that the owners of the Jean Cocteau Cinema in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where Peter was going to be screening on January 25th decided to really up the ante at this show. Not only will you get all the amazing things that happen at every event, but George R.R. Martin, author of the Game of Thrones books, will be there as well. George R.R. Martin and Peter will be interviewing each other live on stage! It will be spectacular.

And, as if that weren’t enough, the Jean Cocteau Cinema people decided they needed to have a unicorn fine art show as well 🙂

This Dying Body – one of the five pieces on display at the Modern Fantasy Summit.

A few days ago, I got a call from Connor asking how quickly I could get prints made from some of my The Last Unicorn-inspired pieces. Thanks to Lauren, my go-to girl at POV Printing, I was able to get a rush order in and she printed off five huge, gorgeous pieces of my work. They’re traveling with Peter, Connor and their assistant/wrangler Cat through Arizona and into New Mexico and will be beautifully displayed and for sale at the show!

I really have to take just a moment to say what amazing work POV does. Every single thing I’ve ever had them print has turned out unbelievably gorgeously. They use archival inks and thick, museum-quality paper, almost like a watercolor paper. These are not flimsy, cheap prints. The work they put into each and every print they make elevates it to another level. I am so glad to have found them!

To Be So Full – one of the five pieces on display at the Modern Fantasy Summit.

So if you are at all in the area, I would strongly recommend getting tickets for the Modern Fantasy Summit! The tickets will get you in to see The Last Unicorn movie, experience two of the greatest fantasy writers interview each other, all the usual perks of a screening, as well as getting to see the art show, featuring my work along with other artists’… which you can also purchase and take home with you 🙂

Now Has Come The Time For Silence – one of the five pieces on display at the Modern Fantasy Summit.

I wish I were a little closer myself so I could go to this once-in-a-lifetime event! Traveling with ME is always a challenge, and I’m still recovering a little from traveling over Christmas, otherwise I’d drop everything and chase after Peter and Connor like Molly Grue after Robin Hood. If you go, please take some photos and let me know what you thought! And to satisfy my vanity, I would love it if someone could snap a few photos of my pieces up in the gallery 🙂

I hope you guys can go and let me live vicariously through you! Thanks to all who turn out!

In The Lilac Wood – one of the five pieces on display at the Modern Fantasy Summit.

First of all, happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrated it! I had planned on a Thanksgiving post, listing what I’m grateful for and whatnot, but I woke up yesterday with a swollen, very unhappy wrist on my dominant hand. I’m being ginger with it today, and trying to really limit my computer use, but I did want to get this timely post out.

So, the holiday shopping season has officially begun! I, for one, despise the idea of shopping on Thanksgiving or Black Friday. Crowds are not my thing in the best situation. Even a gentle trip to the grocery store on an average day can be too much for me. This is my hiding out period where I really try to leave the house as little as possible.

A less stressful approach to holiday shopping, in my opinion, is in Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday. Now, I may or may not technically qualify as a “small business,” but I think I fit the spirit of it if not the letter 🙂 You don’t get much smaller than buying from a single person! And Cyber Monday? Heck yeah, I’ve got that covered! Everything of mine is available online.

And what, pray tell, are these wondrous wares? Well, let me give you a little run-down!I have blank greeting cards available at my Red Bubble shop!

One of the many blank greeting cards I offer.

Personally, I love having a stash of blank greeting cards in a drawer, ready to go at a moment’s notice! You never know when you might need them. And I’ll confess, I sometimes buy cards for their sheer beauty, with no intention of giving them away. Those ones usually end up on my wall somewhere. Either way, they’re very well-made, handy and inexpensive! And if there’s an image you’d like but don’t see in my shop, let me know; in almost every case I can add it for you! Stocking stuffers, anyone?I also sell 2014 collectable calendars!

Sarah Allegra 2014 Calendar

Each year I put out a new calendar with 12 of my most popular recent works. This year’s batch includes images from my DreamWorld and actor portraits series as well as my CFS/fibro/ME series Enchanted Sleep. I genuinely love the quality Red Bubble puts into their calendars; they’re printed on gorgeous, thick, heavy paper which is perfect for jotting down as many notes and reminders as you’d like! Plus, I love the extra magic the calendars sprinkle into every day. And need I tell you they make excellent gifts? 🙂

On a side note, I keep my Red Bubble prices low so that they’re available to as many people as possible. I don’t make much from these sales, but it’s important to me that as many people as possible have access to my images.

Introspective is a fun and truly unique, eight-week experience. Each week I will guide you through a new concept to explore with photography, such as love, fear, secrets and joy. What do those subjects mean to you? And how would you portray them in a photograph? Let’s find out! Self portraiture is encouraged (as I think it’s an invaluable way to know yourself better), but by no means is it required. At the end of the eight weeks, you’ll have gotten to experience yourself in a new way and learned things you never knew before.

This would be perfect for your artsy sibling, the person who has everything or anyone with a desire to have an adventure and come out knowing themselves better!And of course there are always prints available!

I sell prints through my Etsy shop, which are printed by an amazing local printer. They are printed on museum-quality, archival, thick, luscious paper which is not unlike watercolor paper. All the images are printed in very small, limited edition runs and come individually signed and numbered. They come in three different sizes and are truly stunning. These really have to be seen to appreciate how beautiful they are. The level of detail captured in these prints is spectacular. And as with the cards, if you would like a print of something and you don’t see it in my shop, just let me know! In almost every occasion, I can accommodate your request.

Thank you to everyone for supporting my art through your kind comments, well wishes and purchases. I so appreciate all of them and I hope everyone has an excellent holiday season! Here’s a lovely DreamWorld image, featuring the gorgeous Katie Johnson!